Programs & Treatment Services

Includes counseling, therapy, education, process and goal setting, relapse prevention and meditation. Together, we’ll help you discover the root causes of your addiction and identify new ways to cope with stressors. Women struggling with trauma will become empowered with tools to help manage that trauma, ultimately reducing relapses.

We provide instruction on the ways in which chemical dependence affects the women, their children and their relationships with other adults. We address physical and mental health alongside the social and economic consequences of drug use.

We recognize that many of Shorewood House’s clients may have faced traumatic life experiences. Shorewood House makes the connections between the symptoms of trauma (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health disorders) and substance use and dependence. We teach clients safe coping skills and techniques to manage trauma.

We provide a setting to discuss and understand the most intimate details of each woman’s life as it impacts on her substance use and desire to change. Women and their counselors work together to establish, review and revise each individual’s treatment plan, to evaluate progress and focus on specific individual needs.

We provide a safe, confidential forum to encourage introspection and internal change that helps to identify critical events, traumas and situations from the past that influence current ways of thinking, coping and relating to others.

We provide a forum to address and discuss current problems and concerns; consider alternative strategies for coping with day-to-day challenges of recovery; teach new ways to handle trigger situations; and provide each other support while feeling a sense of belonging.

Shorewood House focuses on creating a positive, drug-free life. Tobacco is treated alongside drugs and alcohol as an addictive substance. Counselors establish treatment plans with clients to cope with potential triggers, cravings and relapses. Counselors utilize motivational interviewing techniques to help women explore and seek behavior changes such as smoking cessation.

If you would like to Learn More...

If you would like to learn more about our programs, feel free to contact us at (414) 962-1200 or email mail@metahouse.org. Our helpful staff is on-hand to assist you in helping a woman overcome addiction to achieve the life she desires and deserves.

About Us

Shorewood House is a licensed Community Based Residential Facility (CBRF) located just north of Milwaukee. Our compassionate and expert team of therapists are Masters-level and offer comprehensive alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment services based on programming established at Meta House, a treatment center founded in Milwaukee in 1963.